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Study: Deep-space-hardy fungus could survive a trip and hitchhike to Mars

Inside the ultra-clean rooms where NASA assembles its Mars-bound spacecraft, the air is filtered, the surfaces are scrubbed ...

NASA cleanroom fungus could survive a trip to Mars, raising contamination concerns

A fungus pulled from NASA cleanrooms kept surviving tests that were meant to mimic nearly every stage of a trip to Mars. That ...

Scientists Say This Fungus Could Survive the Trip to Mars

Some Earth-based microbes may be tougher than expected, raising new questions about survival beyond our planet.
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NASA-backed study finds some fungi can survive Mars-like conditions

The cleanrooms where NASA assembles its spacecraft are among the most sterile places on Earth. Engineers wear full-body suits ...

What new Mars discoveries say about the possibility of ancient life

Scientists edge closer to answering Mars’ biggest question: Did life ever exist on the red planet? Here's the latest from two ...
Discover Magazine

A Resilient Fungus Could Survive the Trip to Mars — and Possibly Other Planets

Learn more about the fungus Aspergillus calidoustus and a new experiment suggesting it could withstand the journey to Mars.
BGR

Clocks On Mars Tick Faster, And This Study Has A Theory Why

Time moves differently on Mars — not in the Tibetan philosophy sense of the word, but in a measurable, physics-will-ruin-your-mission kind of way that's giving NASA engineers a real headache. As the ...

Mars may have had a vast ocean billions of years ago, new evidence shows

Mars may have once had an ocean so vast that it covered one-third of the planet before evaporating billions of years ago and ...